Gunfire rattles St. Clair Shores neighborhood

St. Clair Shores police were working with investigators from Grosse Pointe Park and Harper Woods on a shots fired incident Saturday afternoon. Police would not provide any details on the incident, but said no one was struck by the gunfire. DAVID ANGELL -- FOR THE MACOMB DAILY

Gun shells littered Rosedale Street at Harper Avenue after shots were fired there Saturday afternoon. DAVID ANGELL -- FOR THE MACOMB DAILY

Gunfire rang out in one St. Clair Shores neighborhood Saturday afternoon in an incident police declined to discuss, but one that had residents and business owners on edge.

At least five shots were fired on Rosedale Street at Harper Avenue between Eight Mile and Nine Mile roads about 1 p.m., according to area residents.

St. Clair Shores police gathered near a house on Rosedale as they conducted their investigation, while officers from Grosse Pointe Park and Harper Woods studied bullet casings in the street.

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St. Clair Shores police Sgt. Jenna Carson said she could not provide any information on the shooting because it was still being investigated, but said no on was struck by the gunfire. Residents said one young woman was put in a police car and driven away, but it wasn’t clear if she was a suspect.

“I heard about five or six shots popping off and I came out here to see what was going on,” said Patrick Mosher, 32, a lifelong area resident. “The cops were here within seconds. It looked like they took a lady away in handcuffs.”

The shooting took place outside of the south end of Gilbert’s Hardware, but had nothing to do with the store. Police taped off Rosedale Street and parked a patrol car at the end of a common parking lot to prevent civilians from disturbing the crime scene as officers collected evidence.

Blair Gilbert, owner of Gilbert’s Hardware, said he told employees to stay inside of the store until the situation outside was resolved. He expressed concern about the gunfire given a clerk was shot and killed the night before at a party store on Harper Avenue in Clinton Township, about five miles north of his location.

“This is a pretty quiet neighborhood, so something like this appears to be random,” he said.

Mosher agreed.

“It’s a huge surprise to see all of these police officers out here because something like this simply doesn’t happen around here,” he said.